Agencies are behind in ITMRA conformance
+ Most agencies include staff from program, IT and financial offices in the capital planning process. – Few agencies have procedures for ensuring senior management participation. Executive-level investment review boards: + Most agencies have adopted investment review boards. – Few have procedures for senior management to monitor approved projects. + Most agencies link capital planning and budgeting. – Only a few agencies have completed reviews of this process. Cost-benefit and risk analyses: + Virtually all of
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2000 rollovers. The Army's White Sands Missile Range last month conducted an unusual year 2000 test, which its computer systems passed with flying colors, Army officials said. White Sands, deep in the New Mexico desert, is the Defense Department's premiere test range. The facility relies heavily on computers to measure the performance of missiles and other munitions. This time, however, it tested its own systems.
Date code work is No. 1 priority
Education's Pauline Lynch coordinates the collection of data, abstracts, journal articles, dissertations, statistical reports and case histories on educational topics for the Education Resources Information Center database. The Ask ERIC database resides on a 167-MHz Sun Microsystems Ultra HPC 3000 server with 256M of RAM, a 36G hard drive and 30G of RAID storage. Users can visit Ask ERIC on the Web at http://www.aspensys.com/eric. Related articles Major programs Who's In Charge
AF gets top CMM rating
The Ogden Air Logistics Center's Software Engineering Division is now among the pantheon of software development organizations. Last month the division at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, received the Level 5 Capability Maturity Model designation for its software development work. It is the first government organization to earn the top CMM rating.
Should U.S. pledge not to make first cyberstrike?
During World War II, the United States faced two enemy regimes that deserved to be put down by any means: Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Yet neither the militaries of those regimes nor those of the United States and its allies used the terrible chemical weapons that devastated the Western front late in World War I. Such weapons were difficult to use and would have caused severe counterstrikes by the opponents.
Government webmasters need lots of wiggle room
Hey, agency webmasters, are oversight agencies going to start hopping onto your back? The Justice Department recently issued guidance for managers of federal Web sites. The guidelines cover the implementation of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act. Last November was the deadline for implementation of most of the act's provisions. Six particular agencies may wish that Justice had been more prompt in issuing their recommendations; they were sued by the Naderite group Public Citizen for delay
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Eugene A. Ludwig has completed a five-year term as comptroller of the currency, and Julie L. Williams, chief counsel for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will take his place. American Systems Corp. of Chantilly, Va., has promoted Henry Gruner to director of submarine programs and Ted Lockhart to program manager of its Trident Engineering Support Services contract. Lockhart will also serve as director of surface combatant programs.
Software execs state case for Microsoft antitrust suit
Sen. Patrick Leahy says he wonders whether Congress should rewrite antitrust laws. Executives of large and small software companies gathered on Capitol Hill last month to plead again for enforcement of antitrust laws against Microsoft Corp. Mitchell Kertzman, chief executive officer of Sybase Inc., told the Senate Judiciary Committee investigating Microsoft's business practices that Microsoft abuses monopoly power through intimidation and other practices that "should be viewed as violations of the
Digital's latest and final notebook line hits a HiNote
Pros and cons: + Solid design, above-average performance and battery life – 7.4-pound weight GCNdex32 scores: Digital Gateway HiNote Solo 745 9100 Floating-point math 4.59 4.93 Integer math 7.95 7.77 Video 6.73 7.08 Small-file access 4.52 4.58 Large-file access 4.70 4.74 CD-ROM access 4.31 4.70
An original Net developer joins President's IT Advisory Committee
President Clinton has appointed Robert Elliot Kahn to the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee. Kahn, of McLean, Va., is chairman of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives. The presidential committee advises the administration on systems issues, with an emphasis on ways to bolster future systems and communications R&D efforts. Originally formed to focus on high-performance computing and communications, the group has expanded its agenda to other IT topics. It was formerly known as the Advisory Committee on High-Performance
Labor promotes IT programming job openings on Web
The Labor Department's online job bank now has a section exclusively for information technology and year 2000 positions. "The Clinton administration wants to call attention to the Y2K problem and the need for more IT workers," said Jim Vollman, associate assistant secretary in the Employment and Training Administration. Clinton this month announced the America's Job Bank IT program at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington. In his speech, Clinton called for the public and private sectors
Department consolidates its old financial systems
The Education Department's upgrade and consolidation of three legacy accounting and financial systems, a project that strained the department's budget over the past few years, is finished several months ahead of schedule, Education officials said. The Education Central Automated Processing System (EDCAPS) is composed of three financial packages and is under the supervision of the department's chief financial officer. The system reduces redundancy and lowers the department's staff needs, Education officials said.
Serious about surfing? Try out these browser alternatives, plug-ins
Faster Internet connections do make a difference for serious Web searches, but software helpers can be even better. Software is easier to acquire and install than, say, buying and setting up an Integrated Services Digital Network link. If you have to wait for what seems like forever to get to hot links, try a browser accelerator. These handy utilities store locally the pages you most recently visited. A browser accelerator's best feature is its ability to
Lew: Don't overdo oversight
Agencies shouldn't have to report their year 2000 progress as often as Congress might like, said the man nominated to be the next head of the Office of Management and Budget. "The greatest immediate challenge is the year 2000 computer problem," OMB deputy director Jacob J. Lew told the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee during his confirmation hearing June 22.
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Voice and data traffic travels through the Corporate Communicator over a single private branch exchange digital connection. Users can place, answer, forward, hold and conference calls themselves. A Caller ID feature recognizes incoming calls and brings up a personal information manager to display data about the caller. The network manager can turn on or off all inbound and outbound data and fax traffic for single users or for groups. Compaq resellers price the Corporate Communicator at
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Air Force lifts ban and issues policy on BPAs
The Air Force recently lifted a six-month ban on creating new blanket purchasing agreements and issued a policy statement on the agreements. Concerned about the unregulated growth of BPAs on General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedules, the Air Force in October 1997 banned the creation of new BPAs until an integrated product team could study the issue. The policy is based on a series of team meetings held in December.
Cabletron adds new backbone switch for ATM
A new member of Cabletron Systems Inc.'s SmartSwitch family rounds out the Rochester, N.H., company's asynchronous transfer mode products. The SmartSwitch 6500, designed for data centers and campus backbones, fits between the Model 2500 workgroup and wiring closet switch and the 9500 enterprise switch. The 6500's 10-Gbps ATM switching chassis works at T3 to OC-12 rates.
Has Indian Affairs found a silver date code bullet?
BIA computer specialists Rick Namm and Susan Ellison use Millennium Solution to fix bureau date code. There may not be a silver bullet with which to slay the year 2000 problem, but at least one agency official believes a small company's remediation software comes close.
Getting info out is center's focus
The National Library of Education has launched EDPubs, the Education Department's one-stop information center. EDPubs distributes books, magazines, videos, brochures, posters and other documents about Education. It has a searchable database of the department's products and a customer call center for ordering. The emphasis is on exceptional customer service, including quick turnaround times for departmental product requests, department officials said.
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